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Hi, this my personal webpage. Here you’ll find information about myself and my work. I am an associate professor in the Political Science department at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). Since 2013 I am the Director of the Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence (JMEUCE). From January to May 2017 I was a Fulbright Research Visiting Chair in Public Diplomacy based at the Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Before moving to Canada’s Maritimes in 2010, I lived and studied in Toronto, Oxford, and Bologna. My main areas of interest are European Politics, international security, border control, immigration policy, public diplomacy, and social media. I am currently working on three research projects. The first looks at the transatlantic partnership over issues of homeland security. The second examines the European Union’s troubled quest to define a stable and coherent identity on the international stage, focusing on the role of social media. The third looks at the intersection between art, politics and borders in Europe.

You can find my musings about Europe and borders on the blog ‘Schengenalia’ and follow me on twitter @schengenizer. I am also the curator for the recently launched project Schengen Border Art, an online repository of creative performances about European borders. Check it out!.